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190062648Paris 1900. Fine. Paris n.d. circa 1900 12 x 19 cm une page sur une feuille Autograph letter signed by Elémir Bourges written in black ink. Date and place at the top of the letter signature at the bottom of the letter. Central fold caused by mailing. Elémir Bourges writes this letter to apologize to his friend because he will not be able to attend the lunch they had planned due to illness. unknown
198962643s. l. 1989. Fine. s. l. 19 mai 1989 16.60 x 21.50 cm une page sur une feuille Handwritten page signed by Francis Ambrière in the guest book of Mrs. O'Heguerly written in blue ink. Signature and date at the bottom of the page. Francis Aulmière writes that he feels ""small"" by writing in this book where ""so many great men"" have written. He ""forfeits"" by preferring silence to ""definitive thoughts"". He then thanked Mrs O'Heguerly for her welcome. unknown
197962633Paris 1979. Fine. Paris 22 juin 1979 13.50 x 21 cm 2 pages sur une feuille Signed autograph letter of Jean Dutourd to Jean Rimeize written in black ink envelope attached. Date at the top of the letter and signature of Jean Dutourd at the bottom of the letter Paris address of Jean Dutourd on the envelope. Fold trace of the letter caused by mailing. The academician sends this letter to thank him for the paper his destiny wrote and which touched Jean Dutourd. This paper by Jean Rimeize comes from a conversation between the two men. Jean Dutourd writes that he will link this article as soon as he can. unknown
196767959Lagorce 1967. Fine. Lagorce 27 Décembre 1967 13.50 x 9 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Jean-Clarence Lambert addressed to Georges Raillard from the mas de La Rouvière on Monday December 27 1967. Six lines in ballpoint pen on the verso of a postcard depicting the village of Lagorge in Ardèche sending his best wishes for the holidays to Georges Raillard then director of the French Institute of Barcelona and his wife Alice. unknown
190680516Paris: S. n. 1906. Fine. S. n. Paris 11 janvier 1906 14 x 9 cm une carte postale Autograph postcard signed by Jules Clarétie addressed to Emile Straus on a postcard reproducing the photograph of his portrait at his work table: ""Avec tous les souhaits et compliments. Jules Claretie."" ""With all best wishes and compliments. Jules Claretie."" Some staining. A great enthusiast of epistolary art Emile Straus founded in 1899 La Carte postale illustrée the newsletter of the association he had just launched the International Poste-Carte Club. S. n. unknown
190480517Paris: S. n. 1904. Fine. S. n. Paris 3 janvier 1904 14 x 9 cm une carte postale Signed autograph postcard from Jules Clarétie addressed to Emile Straus on a postcard reproducing the photograph of his portrait at his work table: ""A M. Emile Straus tous mes souhaits. Jules Claretie."" ""To Mr. Emile Straus all my best wishes. Jules Claretie."" Some staining. A great enthusiast of epistolary art Emile Straus founded in 1899 La Carte postale illustrée the newsletter of the association he had just launched the International Poste-Carte Club. S. n. unknown
4896Washington DC: Supreme Court of the United States. Original Autograph. Near Fine. 4 7/8 X 3 1/2 Inches. Original Justice David H. Souter Supreme Court Chambers Card with embossed eagle in upper left corner. Boldly signed by Justice Souter in black ink. Supreme Court of the United States unknown
1932031804Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company 1932. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 7 7/8" Tall. 367 Pp. Original Blue Cloth Gilt Endpapers With Illustration By Carlos Merida. First Printing 1932 Date On Title Page Seal On Coyright Page. Light Wear No Fraying Spine Gilt Partly Rubbed Away Hinges Cracked Small Bookstore Symbol Stamped On Front Endpaper. With A Loose Photograph With Text In White "From The Bookroom Of Nada And Carl" With Photo Of Home Library Shelving Wood Office Chair And Desk Probably Circa 1932. Per Wikipedia Carleton Beals 1893 - 1979 Was An American Journalist Writer Historian And Political Activist With A Special Interest In Latin America. He Was A Grandson Of Carrie Nation. A Major Journalistic Coup For Him Was His Interview With The Nicaraguan Rebel Augusto Sandino In February 1928. In The 1920S He Was Part Of The Cosmopolitan Group Of Intellectuals Artists And Journalists In Mexico City. He Remained An Active Prolific And Politically Engaged Leftist Journalist And Is The Subject Of A Scholarly Biography. In 1918 He Spent A Brief Period Of Time In Jail As A World War I Draft Evader. Upon Release He Decided To Go See The World And With What Little Money He Had Beals And His Wife Lillian Drove To Mexico. There He Founded The English Preparatory Institute In 1919 Taught At The American High School During 1919 To 1920 And Was On The Personal Staff Of President Carranza 1920. They Left Mexico In 1921 For Europe Where Beals Studied At The University Of Madrid And Then The University Of Rome. Back In Mexico He Became A Correspondent For The Nation Separated From His Wife And Became Romantically Involved With Photographer Tina Modotti's Sister Mercedes. In February 1928 Oswald Garrison Villard Editor Of The Nation Sent Beals To Nicaragua To Write A Series Of Articles. He Became Notable As The Only Foreign Journalist Who Interviewed General Augusto Sandino During Nicaragua's 1927-33 War Against Us Military Occupation. In All Beals Wrote Over 200 Magazine Articles For Publications Such As The New Republic And Harper's Magazine. Beals Also Wrote More Than 45 Books Including On History Geography And Travel. Some Of His Books Are Written For A Juvenile Audience. His Autobiography Glass Houses Was Published By J.B. Lippincott Company In 1938. In 1931 Beals Was Awarded The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship For Biographies. His Biography Subjects Included Porfirio Díaz Huey P. Long Roberto De La Selva Stephen F. Austin John Eliot Carrie Nation His Father Was Her Step-Son And Leon Trotsky. During His Career Beals Witnessed Mexican Revolutions Lectured On Shakespeare And Was Held Incommunicado By A Mexican General.10 His Travels Took Him To French Morocco Tunisia Algiers Greece Turkey The Soviet Union Germany And The Caribbean. He Was A Ford Hall Forum Speaker In 1936 And A Member Of The American Committee For The Defense Of Leon Trotsky In 1937. The Following Year Time Magazine Called Beals "The Best Informed And The Most Awkward Living Writer On Latin America." During The 1960S He Supported The Fair Play For Cuba Committee. Beals Was A Hero To The Young People Of Cuba. Carlos Mérida 1891 - 1985 Was A Guatemalan Artist And Naturalized Mexican Who Was One Of The First To Fuse European Modern Painting To Latin American Themes Especially Those Related To Guatemala And Mexico. He Was Part Of The Mexican Muralism Movement In Subject Matter But Less So In Style Favoring A Non-Figurative And Later Geometric Style Rather Than A Figurative Narrative Style. Mérida Is Best Known For Canvas And Mural Work The Latter Including Elements Such As Glass And Ceramic Mosaic On Major Constructions In The 1950S And 1960S. <br/> <br/> J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover
2012058675CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2012. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 287 Pp. Softcover First Printing. Inscribed At Length By The Author To "My Dear Friend Of So Many Years. Enjoy Some Of My Adventures You May Not Have Heard About." And Dated Oct 2012. The Author Joined Ballanchine's New York City Ballet In 1949 When She Was 14 Years Old As The Youngest Dancer. <br/> <br/> CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform paperback
1936017124New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1936. First Edition . Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. Color Frontispiece And B/W Illustrations. 88 Pp. Hardcover. First Printing With 1936 Date On Title Page. A Bright Clean Copy. With A Note Discussing The Book And Apparently Forwarding It To The Recipient; With The Mailing Envelope With 1938 Postmark. Previous Owner's Signature On Front Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Frederick A. Stokes hardcover
13908This attorney general under Truman was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1949 where he served until 1967. TLS 1p 7" X 9" Washington DC 1948 February 18. Addressed to Judge Edward J. Turnbaugh. Very good. Two file holes at top margin. On Attorney General letterhead Clark regrets at length that he cannot give the keynote address at a Youth Guidance Training Institute. unknown
16155The first Baron Gambier was a noted naval commander; he was the first to break the French line in Howe's victory he led the bombardment of Copenhagen and the 1807 capture of the Danish fleet and he negotiated the 1814 peace with the U.S.; in 1830 he was named admiral of the fleet. Free-franked front portion of envelope irregular 4½" X 2½" tipped to slightly larger sheet Uxbridge England 1825 February 11. Very good. Faint red circular "Free" postal cancellation. Addressed in his hand to "The Revd. T.T. Becher / Southwell / Notts:e" and signed simply "Gambier" at lower left. A handsome piece. unknown
22686The champion of civil service reform served Massachusetts for many years as representative and senator. TNS 1p 8" X 10" Washington DC 1901 January 4. Addressed to Walter R. Benjamin 1859-1940 the pioneering autograph dealer whose firm was run by daughter Mary Benjamin until her death not too many years ago. Very good. "Will you send me at Washington the Burke autograph contained in your last Bulletin #1 sent me this morning price $7.50." Strong bold signature with words "at Washington" in Hoar's hand as well. There are a number of historical Burkes this could have been referring to but it is likely that this American politician would have taken an interest in the British statesman. In any case one salivates at the thought! unknown
1995048325Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 180 pages. Hardcover bound in full grey leather with a pictorial pastedown on the front cover. Raised spine bands. Minimal wear to the binding; there is a small blemish on the front cover. Silk moire endpapers and with a nice ribbon bookmark. Unused Easton Press bookplate is laid in loosely. This is #1180 of 2000 copies SIGNED by Mort Kunstler. Illustrated throughout. <br/> <br/> Easton Press hardcover
15102Famed cane and top hot dancer. IPS 7½" X 10" n.p. n.d. ca. late 1960s. Near fine. Handsome closeup in tux and trademark beat up top hat inscribed "To / Norman / All the best / Ted Lewis. unknown
1926038757Paris: Chez Claude Aveline 1926. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very Good. pp: xxii 55 leaves illutrated on rectos only 7 index 3 publisher's ads colophon. Bound in stiff wrappers printed in red and black glassine dust jacket chipped at spine ends. 9" x 7.5" #35 of 35 copies on velin de rives for the author and editor this is a presentation copy with a four-line inscription inked on the half-title and signed by Berthold Mahn. Interesting aside: Mahn was a camouflage artist in World War I. Chez Claude Aveline unknown
21874Archbishop of Baltimore appointed 1961. Color PS 7¼" X 10¼" n.p. n.d. Near fine. Matte finish head-and-shoulders portrait of the cardinal in full regalia beautifully signed in full in blue ballpoint on the blank lower margin. unknown
15714English-born actress who won a Tony in 1948 for "A Streetcar Named Desire" and an Oscar in 1990 for "Driving Miss Daisy." PS 8" X 10" n.p. n.d. Fine. Lovely matte finish portrait of Tandy in costume for "A Streetcar Named Desire" her most famous role. unknown
2003002549Elmsford NY: Westchester County Historical Society. SIGNED First edition first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Elmsford NY: Westchester County Historical Society 2003. Thick square folio 11 1/4" x 11 1/4." xii480 pages 615 illustrations 360 in color. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering burgundy end papers. Inscribed by author on title page. A very fine copy in very fine dust jacket. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 2003. Westchester County Historical Society unknown
2001058098Rockville: James A Rock & Company / Sense of Wonder Press 2001. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Fine. Photographs Throughout with Captions. 117 Pp. Softcover. As New Signed By Ackerman On The Title Page. <br/> <br/> James A Rock & Company / Sense of Wonder Press unknown
2009028416Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Photographs. 220 Pp. Softcover First Printing. As New. Inscribed By Carla Laemmle To "Roy" On Half-Title And Dated 10/10/09. <br/> <br/> Midnight Marquee Press paperback
1993020423New York: Random House 1993. First Edition . Cloth/Boards. Fine/Fine DJ. Photographs. 532 Pp. Cloth Spine Boards. First Edition First Printing. Near New Slight Rubbing Along Bottom Edge Of Dj Spine Ad Slight Bumping To Top Of Spine. Nicely Inscribed By Jean-Claude On The Dedication Page Dated 1994 And With Another Signed Inscription By Jean-Claude On His Personal Stationary Laid In Loosely. <br/> <br/> Random House hardcover
1973020155New York: Doubleday & Co 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Fine/Near Fine DJ. 230 Pp. Book Is As New Except For Remainder Marks To Bottom Edge Of Page Block.Dj With Touch Of Wear At Corners. Inscribed By The Author To Actress Marie Windsor Best Known For Her Film Noir And Western Roles: " For Marie - A Truly Wonderful Person - With Love Frank 1976. <br/> <br/> Doubleday & Co hardcover
1910016845Jack Okey 1910. Original Engraving . Single Sheet. Near Fine. Image Size 13.8 X 17.5 Cm With Wide Margins Annotated "Umbria" In Okey's Handwriting. John Clark "Jack" Okey June 3 1889 - January 8 1963 Was An American Art Director. He Was Raised In Los Angeles And Attended The Harvard School For Boys. After Leaving He Was Given Instruction In Art By His Uncle The California Artist J. Bond Francisco. While He Was In His Early 20S He Traveled To Paris With His Friend Stanton Macdonald Wright And Spent Several Years There Studying Art. Around The Time Of His Marriage In 1913 He Became Involved In The Nascent Film Industry In The Los Angeles Area And Was Involved In The Design And Construction Of Some Of The Earliest Studios There. He Continued In The Film Industry As An Art Director Until His Retirement In 1959. In The Mid-1930S He Spent Several Years In England Working For Alexander Korda Designing Studios For Him. After His Return To The United States He Spent The Remainder Of His Active Career Working For Rko. He Was Nominated For Two Academy Awards For Art Direction 1929 And 1944 But His Best Known Film Is "It'S A Wonderful Life". <br/> <br/> Jack Okey unknown
1953021111London: Unpublished 1953. Original Letter . No Binding. Very Good. Reynolds Was A British Pacifist Who Worked With Gandhi In The 1920'S And Later Was Secretary Of The No More War Movement. Two Page Handwritten Letter 54 Lines Condensed Onto A Sixpence Air Letter. Following Up On A Letter Sent A Week Earlier Now Thanking The Recipient For A Book On Liberia. He Notes That Gilbert Highet Mentioned In The Recipient's Earlier Letter Had Been Saying Nice Things About Reynolds On The Radio. "I Strongly Approve Of This & Hope It Will Be Encouraged. I Have A Feeling I Shall Be Over In The States If This Goes On. Yesterday I Received A Copy Of The Griffin Reader's Subscriptions Inc. With An Article By Jacques Barzun No Less On E. M. Forster's Hill Of Devi. He Said 'With Mr. Reginald Reynolds' A Quest For Gandhi Which Is Its Perfect Autobiographical Counterpart The Hill Of Devi Is The Best Introduction To The Physical And Emotional Realities Of Modern India". This Has Completely Gone To My Head. The Snooty Pederasts Of Horizon And The New Statesman Never Paid Me Such Compliments. Nobody Here Compares My Modern Workto The Great And Monumental Achievements Of Mr. Forster. I Think I Must Go To America Soon The Land Where They Don't Expect Me To Lick Some Old Queen's Arse Before You Can Get A Decent Write-Up. But Does Somebody I Know - You For Example-Happen To Know Jacques Barzun Because He Posted The Thing To Me Himself To Oak Cottage Which Is Even Odder Than Sending It Here To Chelsea." He Then Discusses His Wife Edith Mannin's Recent Diet "And Much Better For It" And Is Worried About What She Will Eat When She Travels To Burma To Stay With U- Indecipherable As He Is Sure They Will Cook All Their Food In Ghee And Then Fry It Too. Then "I Must Cultivate Some More Forsterian Habits But Draw The Line At One; For He Is "Called' As We Say In Chelsea- Called To The Higher Faith Greater Than The Love Of Women Which No Doubt Helped In His Career This Side Of The Atlantic." He Then Closes With Sending His Love To The Recipient "To You Both" Inquiries What The Recipient Is Doing And Asks When They Will See Them Again. In 1964 His Wife Traveled Through The United States Meeting Austin In California Staying With Him And Traveling In California With Him. She Wrote A Book About The Trip "An American Journey" Hutchison 1967 Which She Dedicated "For Rickey With Whom I Made Some Of These Travels And To Whom I Owe So Much - In Enduring Friendship". <br/> <br/> Unpublished unknown
